quote:The Rangers' playoff chances just took a huge hit (if not a fatal one).

Its a huge hit to them since the Rangers have a hard time manufacturing runs, However, The Rangers do not play a team with a winning record again until labor day against Oakland. So I still think their chances are still ok.

Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun was the first player to reach an agreement with MLB on a suspension for his connection to the Biogenisis case. The 2011 NL MVP accepted a season-ending 65-game suspension last month.

re: Nelson Cruz to accept 50 game suspension(Posted by tduecen on 8/5/13 at 12:12 pm to tduecen)

quote:Cleared, either completely or in terms of new discipline: Bartolo Colon, Yasmani Grandal, and Melky Cabrera, all who will get no additional discipline over what they have already served (each received 50-game suspensions last season). Finally, there have been no violations found for Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals or Danny Valencia of the Orioles. Each were named in the original Miami New Times report about Biogenesis, but there was not much in the way of evidence against them in the actual Biogenesis documents.

quote:The new names: The Mets Jordany Valdespin, the Phillies Antonio Bastardo and the Astros Segio Escalona are all going to receive 50-game suspensions.